Railway-torpedo.



no. 688,930. Patented Dec. I7, I90". m. m. 0mm.-

RAILWAY TORPEDO.

(Application filed June 17, 1901.) (No Model.)

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MAHLON M. CARR, OF FOSTORIA, OHIO.

RAH LWAY TQRPEDO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 688,930, dated December 17, 1 901. Application filed June 17,1901. Serial No. 64,887. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAHLON M. CARR, a ei tizen of the United States, residing at Fostoria, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Railway-Torpedo, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway-torpedoes, and has for its objects to provide improved means for securing the rail embracing strip to the torpedo so as to obviate displacement thereof from the torpedo and also to arrange for facilitating the assemblage of the parts of the device.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings,and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View showing the present form of torpedo applied to a rail. Fig. 2 is a central sectional view of a torpedo constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the bottom member of the torpedo. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the top member. Fig. 5 is a detail top plan view with the cap member removed.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the bottom member of the torpedo, which is in the form of a cylindrical box, having an open top and an outwardly directed marginal flange or rim 2, surrounding the open edge and provided with diametrically opposite notches or recesses 3. WVithin this bottom member there is fitted a cylindrical box-like member 4, which fits snugly the bottom mem her and has a diametric groove or seat 5 pressed in the upper side thereof. This top member is first inverted and filled with suitable detonating material 6, after which the bottom member is applied to the top member, and the telescoped members finally inverted to their normal position. The pliable metallic fastening-strip 7 is then placed in the seat 5 with its opposite end portions bent downwardly into the respective notches in the rim or flange 2 of the bottom member, the two members having been previously adjusted to register the notches with the respective ends of the seat or groove. Finally a cylindrical box-like cap member 8 isfitted snugly downwardly upon the top member, so as to embrace the portions of the fasteningstrip which lie across opposite edges of the device, and thereby hold the same in the notches of the bottom member.

In applying the torpedo to a rail, as shown in Fig. 1, it is placed upon the top of the tread thereof and the free projected ends of the fastening-strap bent snugly around the opposite side edges and underneath portion of the tread, thereby holding the torpedo to the rail in position to be crushed by the wheels of a train and to give outa loud report as a signal.

From the foregoing description it is apparent thatthe parts of the present invention may be conveniently assembled and are each designed to be formed from a single blank of sheet metal, which is pressed into the form of a cylindrical box of the required size,whereby the device is inexpensive; also, the fastening-strip embraces the telescoped top and bottom members, thereby bracing and stiffening the same and increasing the detonating effect of the torpedo.

What is claimed is- A railway-torpedo, comprising telescoped top and bottom box-like members, of which the upper member fits snugly within the bottom member, and is provided with a groove or seat formed across the top thereof, the bottom member having an upper outwardly-directed marginal rim or flange provided with opposite notches registered with the respec tive ends of the groove or seat of the top member, a pliable fastening-strip having its intermediate portion seated in the groove or seat and bent downwardly through the respective notches,the end portions of the strip being free for engagement with a rail, and a cap menr ber snugly embracing the top member and the portions of the fastening-strip which are bent into the notches of the bottom member.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MAHLON M. CARR.

Witnesses:

PHILIP PETER, FRANK W. DRUITT. 

